Candy-wrapping machine.



M. R, W. W., H. L. & A. F. BUHSE.

CANDY WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUHB 20,1908.

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MAXIMILIAN El BUHSE, WALTER w. BUH'SE, HENRY L. BUHSE, AND ALEXANDER F.'nUnsE,

OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CANDY-WRAPPING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application medium 20, 1908. Serial 'No. 189 684.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that we, Mammals E." Bunsn, WALTER W. Bunsn, HENRY L. Bunsn,and ALEXANDER F. Bunsn, citizens ofthe United States, residing atMimieapohs, in the county of 'Hennepin and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Candy Wrap Machines; andwe do hereby declare t ollow-i ing to be a full, clear and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which make and use the same.

Our invention relatesiarticularly to candy wrapping machines, an is inthe nature of an improvement on the machine set forth;

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and broadly claimed in our 848,344; issued of date Mare 26, 1907.

The invention consists of the novel devices and-combinations 'of'deviceshereinafter described and defined-in the claims.

In the acoompan like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a lan view of the machine, withsome parts roken away. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine, withsome parts broken awa Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through t e:Fig.-l,-some arts machine on the liner 2: of

being broken away. Fig. 4 is a verti -sec-.

tion taken from front to rear ofjthemachine" on the line 2: 2: of Fig.3, someeparts belngf.

eton view taken in section approximately on the line broken away. Fig. 5is a sk Flg. l,showing the cams and connections for 0 rating theso-called parcel depress punger. Fig. 11 is a fragmentary detail takenin section approximately on the line We of Fig. 3. F 121's a fragment.detail in section on ills line 2: z" of F1 2, showing the cam andconnections for eficcting opening'and closing movements of the fingersof th apcr twisting device. Fig. 13 is a fragmen ary detail in sectionapproxiit appertains to drawings which illu s-j trate the invention, 1'c characters indicate indicated at 4.

table -3 is mounte to run. fnon-rotary tabl plan, showing one of thewrapper twisters.

ig. 17 is a view, partly in section and partly in lan, of the partsshown in Fig. 16, but witthe-twistingfingers opened up. F' 18 is.section on the line a." a of Fig. 26. 19 is an end elevation of theparts shown-1n Fig. 17, looking; in a direction fromt'he right towardthe le F 20 is a detail view, partly in vertical section, showing theadjustable wrapper feeding and cutting device removed from the machine.Fig. 21 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 20.

In the present invention, as in the rior patent above identified, anon-rotaryta le 1 is supported by-a framework 2, (preferably of castmetal construction) and a rotary feed table 3 is positioned immediatelyover and is concentrically Ppivoted to the table 1, as

referably'bothtables 1 and 3 are of thin sheet metal construction andare ofdisk-like form. The rotarv feed table 3, at its riphery, is formedwith-a pluralit of parce receptacles or perforations 5, am? on its underside it carries an annular s ur gear 6. The fixed table 1 a pluralitwheels 7, u on whic rtion ofthe rotary eed At one point the e 1 is cutaway at -8to-afiord a parcel delivery passage through which a parcel,made I] o a piece of candy and its wrapper, may eforced downward fromthe vertlcall alinedpocket 5 of the feed table 3,- all as hereinaftermorefully described.

The annular ar 6, which is carried by the rotary feed tab e 3, mesheswith a 5 ur pinion 9 secured to the up I end of a s ort vertical shaft10 moun in suitable hearings on the frame 2 and provided, at its lowerend, with a miter gear 11 that meshes with a companion miter gear 12,shown as journaled on a stud 13 supported by the frame 2, as best shownin Fig. 3. To the hub of the gear 12 is secured a star wheel 14 havingradial grooves 15.

All of the running parts of the machine receive mot-ion through alongtransversely extended countersha 16 mounted in suitable hearings on theframe 2 and provided, at one oml, with apulloy 17, by means of which itis provided wit of small anti-friction the outer setting the machine,but this may be driven from a belt (not shown). As I end of the arm 29limits the downward moveshown ip F' 1, the shaft 16 is also providedwith a hen wheel 18, by means of which it may be rotated for wheel is oflittle importance.

y reference to Fig. 8 it will be noted that the star wheel 14 isprovided with four radial grooves 15, and between the outer extremitiesof said grooves is formed with four segmental notches or surfaces 14. Inthe plane of this star wheel 14 the driving shaft 16 is provided with aWheel or disk 19 that carries an eccentrically located crank pin orroller 20 that is adapted, under rotation of the shaft 16, tosuccessively en age the grooves 15 of the star wheel 14. T e wheel 19 iscut away at 19 to afford clearance for and to rmit intermittentmovements of the star w eel 14. The main body portion of said wheel l9engages with a segmental surface 14 of the star-wheel 14 to lock thelatter against rotation excet when one of its ooves 15 is e ed the crankpin 20. he device 'ust escri ed afl'ords an extremel satis aetory meansfor imparting an internuttent step by step rotary movement to the rotarytable 3 from the constantly running driving shaft 16, and theconstruction and arrangement must be such that this intermittentmovementof the table 3 will aline the pockets 5 thereof, one after theother, directly over the parcel passage 8 of the non-rotary table 1.

Located directly below the parcel passage 8 in the fixed table 1, is arecedm parcel su port 21 that is mounted to sli e vertica y in anangular guide sleeve 22 that is secured to and de ends from the top ofthe frame 2. The race 'ng sup ort 21 18 connected, as shown, by a shortk 23 to a lever 24 that is pliz'oted at 24' to one side ortion of themework 2 and is provider at its in" rmediate portion, with a laterallystud 25, preferably equi ped wit a roller. This roller-euipped st-u 25is subject to a cam 26 whic is carried by the driving shaft 16, (see Fis. 3 and 4).

Vertical y alined with and located immediately over the receding support21 and the p e 8 of the fixed table 1, is a vertically move isparcel-depressing plunger which is preferably constructed as shown,being made up of up er and lower telescopic sections 27 and 28, t 6upper end of the former of which is rigidly secured to an arm 29 whichin turn is 'dly secured to the u per end of a carrying ar 30 mounted toside in a channeled guide 31 rigidly secured to the frame 2, (secparticularly Figs. 3, 4, 6 and 10). A coiled 8 ring 32 contained withinthe plun er sec.- tion 2 8, and compressed between t e two plungermembers yieldingly forces said section 28 'downwarc A mitt-ed bolt 33passed the purpose of testing or Iprojecting shown, in Fig. 20, theadjustable :through the members 2728 and the outer ment of said member28. Preferably the inember'ZB at its extreme lower end is provided witha pad 28 of rubber or other pliable material for direct action on thecandy a parcel, indicated by the character 2 in Figs. 3, 4 and 15.

Vertical movement is imparted to the carrying bar 31) and, hence, to theyielding pareel depressing plunger, from a cam 34, which is carried bythe shaft 16. This cam 34 acts upon the roller-equip wed stud 35 of alever {36 that is pivoted to the frame 2 and is vieldmgly drawn upwardby a coiled sn'irig 37, (see Fig. 10). The free end of the ever 36, inthe arrangement illustrated, is connected, by a link 38, to one end ofan intermediate lever 39 that is intermediately pivoted to the frame 2,and the other of which is connected, by a short link 39, to saidcarrying bar 30.

Normally the lower end of the pin er section 28 stands just above thepronget end of a guard arm 40,.which, as shown, is ri 'dlv secured, atits outer end. to the frame 2 y a small post. 41 (see Figs. 1 and 4).This lard arm prevents the candy parcel zfrom umpin off from thereceding su port 21.

he wrapping paper z w eh is to=be applied to the candy parcels is takenfrom a roll 2, which, by means of a small s indle 42, is seated in thenotched upper en of a pair of upwardly extended supporting arms 43, thelower ends of which are rigidly secured to an adjustable bearing block44 (see Figs. 3, 20 and 21). This bearing block 44 is arranged to slideupon a bearing plate 45 that is r' idly secured to the frame 2 and has asuitable passage through which the upper end portion of the recedingsupport 21 may freely pass. Furthermore, on opposite sides of said suport 21 the block 44 is bifurcated and forme with beveled guide bars 44the purpose of which will hei'einafter a war. As

b ock 44 is secured to the bearing plate 45 by a slotand screwconnection 46. 1,

A pair of cooperating paper feeding rollers 47, preferabl rubber-faced,are secured to shaft-s 48. to lower shaft 48 is journaled in dependingflanges of theadjust-ahle bearing block 44, while the upper shaft 48 isjournaled in eccentric buslungs which, in ttu'n, are journaled in u)wardL fended lu 44 of the bearii bloc 44. The eccentric ushings 49 (seeig. 2) are secured to the pron 's of an adjusting lever 50 (see Fig. 1).y oscillations of the lever 50 the bushings 49 ma be adjusted so as tomove the up er rol or 47 toward and from the lower rol er, and so as toset the said rollers for action under any desired tension upon the paperwrapper 2. Any suitable means may be provided for holding the lever 50in dill'erent set positions, but in practice we have found that thebushings 49 may have such frictional enl in 52, one of which has alongarm 53 (see Figs.

2 and 3.)

The free end of the arm 53 is connected bv a short link 54 to the up rend of a long rack 55. At its lower' end, til: rack 55 is connected, byan adjustable crank pin 56, t0 a laterally offset slotted ortion of theknife-actuat ing cam 57 carri by a short shaft (see Figs. 2 and 3). Theshaft 58 is journaled in suitable bearings 59 on the frame 2 and at itsinner end is provided with a miter gear 69 that meshes w1th a miter gear61 carried by the shaft 16, as best shown in Fig. 3. The u per endortion of the rack 55 is guided y a suitable keeper 62 (see Figs. 1 and2) that IS pivoted on the lowermost feed roller shaft 48; and its teethmesh with a plmon 63 on said shaft. The pinion 63 cames a flanged wheel64 and both are loose on said shaft, so that they are capable of reverseoscillations underreciprocatmg movements imparted to the rack by saidcrank. The wheei 64 spring d 65 that c as the ratchet whee shaft 48, asshow-nin T 2.

The knife which cnts e strip of wra ping paper '2 is the'formofgaball(see rgs. 3 and 7). Tins knife67 mounted in l'.:

flanges of the adjustab guide blocks ,and

one of the said trunnions is rovided' with a? 2 an 7) thatis co'n shortarm 68 (see Figs nected by a link 69 to the roller-equipped end of alever 70, which lever is intermediately pivoted to the frame 2, and theroller of which works upon the lcnife actuating cam 57. A spring 71attached to the lever and to the frame 2 k s the roller of saidde' 'erpressed a of the lmlfe 67 coiiperates with a bar 72 (see Figs. 3 andentries is adjustabl secured to the side flanges ofthe ad'iistabl block44, as shown, by means of 0t and screw connections 73 andsointed'setscrews 74. The said shearing bl e72; is adjustable sons to compensateforwea'r and to bring the same Into proper position for cooperation withthe knife.

Mounted to slide horizontally on the bed portion of the frame 2 (seeFigs. 4 and I5). is a parcel transferring and positioning slide 75, thepater extremity of which is connected, by a short link 76, to the upperend of a lever 77 that is pivoted at its lower end on a rod 78 supportedby the frame 2.

Mounts to slide on top of the slide is a so-called tucker slide 79 thatis connected, by a short link 80, to the upper end of a lever 81, whichat its lower end is also apivoted on the rod 78. The levers 77 and 1 arepro- 'fifi secure to the end of t e I sai cam. The cuttinged'geT shearm'g vided with roller-equip ed studs 82 subject, respectively, to cams 3and 84 carried by the shaft 16, (see Figs. 3 and 4). The levers 77 and81 are subject to springs 85 and 86 anchored at their lower ends to arod 87 supported by the framework 2. The lever 24 already described issubject to a coiled spring 88 that is also anchoret to the rod 87. Byreference to Fig. 4 it will be noted that the levers 77 and 81 are bentto clear the rod 24 to which the lever 24 is pivoted. At its inner edgethe tucker slide 79 is rovided with a pivoted tucker blade 89 (see 'gs.4 and 15) that (:06 crates with a pivoted spring-held folding lade 90pivoted to a depending flange of the bearing plate 45.

Arack 91 (see Fig. 15) which is mounted to slide through the bearinglate 45 is subject to a stem 91" that is rigidly secured to the slide75, the slide 79 being cut away to afford (lilearance ther efort-iThishrack ils retracted y a spring 91 an it mes es wit 1 a segmentalgear 92 pivoted to de ending lugs of the bearing plate 45 and rigiconnected to the positio arm 93 that works in opposition to the sli e 75and cooperates therewith to centrally position the candy parcel 2directly over the upper end of the lower member 94 of a pair ofvertically movable positioning plungers 94 and 95. The lower positioningplunget 94 (see F' s. 4 and 5) is mounted in a guide 96 on t e sleeve22, while the upper plunger 95 is mounted in the de ending rtion of thebearing plate 45. The two p ungers 94 and 95 are subject to the ends ofintermediatel ivoted levers 97 that are connected, by 1m 98, to the oposits ends of an intermedrately pivoted roc er 99, one arm of which isconnected, by a link 100, to the free end of a downwardly spring-pressedlever 10!, which lever 101 is pivoted on the rod 24 and is provided witha rol1er-equipped stud IQZlBhB-t works on a earn 103 earned by the shaft16. As is evident, by the connections just described, movements of thelayer 191, under the action of the cam 193,

mil impart simultaneous but reverse movemoms to the two ositioninplungers 94-95.

Iioc'ated on eac side of t a space occupied by,,, ;1 ;he candy arcelwrapper wheh positioned by the p ers 9495, slide 75 and blade 93, is atwisting device, each of which is preferably constructed as follows;(see Figs. 2 and 16 to 19 inclusive: A pair of twisting fingers 104 arepivota 1y connected to the bifurcated end of a sleeve 105 journaled in abearing 106 on the frame 2 and provided, at its inner end, with awide-faced spur pinion 10?. Extended into the sleeve 105 and slidable ina bearing 108 on the frame 2, is a non-rotary sleeve 199 that isprovided with an axially extended slot 110. At their pivoted ends thelingers 1.04 are provided with short inwardly projecting lugs ll! thatwork in the grooved end of all operating .rotary lunger 112.

plunger 112slidablymounted within the nonrotax sleeve 109 and providedwith a radi i rejecting pin 113 that pro ects throng t e slot 110 ofsaid sleeve; and also works in a. spiral groove 114 of a collar 115,which latter is mounted to rotate upon the non-rotary sleeve 109, but isheld against sliding movement in respect thereto. The collar 115 isprovided with longitudinally s dea'rs 116 that support a small rod 117,t c axis of which is parallel to the common axes of the sleeves 105-109.At their free ends, the twis fingers 104 are provided with pads or softacings 118 that are adapted to enghage the ends of the paper wrapper totwist t e same around the candy parcel.

As is evident, when the collar 115 is oscillated, its spiral groove 114,operatin on the pin 113, Wlll cause said pin to travdl in the ve 110 ofthe non-rotary sleeve 109, t ereby imparting endwise movement to the rodor lunger 112; and this movement of said rod in a direction from the riht toward the left with respect to Fig. 17, close the twisting fingers,while reverse movement of said Plun% will, of course, open u the said egroove in the has of said lunger of course, rmits the twisting Engels tofreely revo ve around the nontory movement is imparted to the cam actingcollar 115 from a cam 119 carried by the shaft 16 and operative on arollereguip stud 120 of a spring-pressed lever 1 1, 0 free end of whichlever 15 connected, by alink 122, to the rod 117 of said collar 115 (seeFig. 12). The rod 117 is ada ted to slide through the connected end of t1e link 122 and suitable stop devices (not shown) should be provided forholding the said link 122 against lateral movements.

The two twisters, in this improved machine, are given simultaneousintermi tent rotary movements in as to reversely twist wrap r, and suchmotion isimparted, pre erably by the following connections: At its lefthand, as shown in F 1, 2 and 3, the driving shaft 16 is rovide with acrawl-123, to which one endo a longrack 124is pi The teeth of this rackmesh with a pinion-1*'25 that is loosely mounted on a. counter-shaft126, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) which shaft is journaled in suitable hearingson the frame 2 and is provided with a pair of laterally spaced spurgown-428, the former of which directly with the wide-faced pinion 107 ofth 'hiimd twister, and 'the latter of whic eshes with an intermediatewide-f inion 129, which, in turn, .m'esheswl "wide-faced pinion 107 ofthe right hand The intermediate gear 129, as is evident, will cause theright hand twister to rotate in a direction reverse to the direction ofrotation of the left hand twister,

opposite directions-2st t e ends of the pa r:-

and at the same time the wide'faced pinions will permit limited 'endwiseslidin movements of the two twisters without t irowing the said gearsout of mesh.

The free end of the rack 124 slides through a yoke-like guide 130 thatis suspended on the shaft 126 (see particularly Fig. 1). At its extremeleft hand end in respect to Figs. 1 and2, the countershaft 126 carries aratchet wheel 131 that is engaged b a driving do 132, carried by a wheel133, t e hub of whic wheel is connected through one side of the guide130 to the hub of the loose pinion 125. Through this connect-ion, it isevident, inter mittent rotation will be imparted to the conntershaft 126under continuous rotation of the driving shaft 16 and crank 123. This isaccomplished by a pair of cams 134 carried by the drivingshaft 16 (seeFigs. 2, 3, 13 and 14). These cams act on the roller-equipped ends oflevers 135, which levers, at their other ends, are formed with forks 136that are connected by set screws 137 to cooperating collars 138 securedone on each of the non-rotary slidable sleeves 109 (see particularlyFigs. 13, 14 and 17). The levers 135 are intermediately pivoted on in]tuds 139 (see Figs. 13 and 14) that are adjifitably but rigidly securedin slots of elongated heads 140, which, as best shown in Figs. 13 and14, are rigidlv secured to the outer ends of studs 141 rigidly securedto one of the upper bars of the frarne2. The roller-equipped ends of thelevels 135 are 'held against the res ective cams 134 by springs 142suitably anc cred to the main frame, as best shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 14.Said cams 134 act in opposite directions to simultaneously impartreverse axial movements to the reversely driven twisters. The adjustablefulcrums 139 permit the said levers to be set to impart exactly thedesired or required endwise approaching travel to the twisters.

?'3:- .Tl18 wrapped candy parcels are ejected or discharged oil from theupper end of the positioning-slide 94 by means of a'sortof a star wheell"43;-or, as preferably constructed, two such starwheels arranged towork one on each side ofsaid slide 94. These star wheels 143 are securedon a small shaft 144 mounted in b88-!'l.llgS""l4-5 on thebox-like sleeve22. The plunger 94 has a slot (see Fig. 4) through whic 1 the shaft 144works. At its projecting end the shaft 144 is provided with a ratchetwheel 146 having as many teeth as the star wheels have arms. Thisratchet wheel is intermittently driven by a. springpressed dog 147carried 1) an arm 148 pivoted on the shaft 144. T 1e arm 148 isconnected by a link 149 to the upper end of a spring-pressed lever 150that is provided with a roller-c uippcd stud 151 sub ect to a cam 152carrier by the driving shaft 10.

Operation: The operation of the nntch inc, sununarlzcd, is substantiallyas follows: The

pieces of candy or parcels thereof are preferably placed in the pockets5 of the rats feed table 3 b hand and, as already 1nd:- cated, they mlbe delivered, one after the 5 other onto the receding parcel sup prt 21.In the normal position of the mac me, or what is assumed forillustration to be the normal position of the machine, the paper stripor wrapper 'z. is assumed to be pro rly positioned under the feed(passage 8 o the non-rotary feed table 1 an over the upper surface theparcel support 21. Starting with the operation of the machine from thispoint, the initial movement of the driving 15 shaft 16 and its variouscams will cause the knife 67 to move downward and sever or cut off a par section sufiicient to form the wrapper or the positioned candy parcel;and approximately simultaneously with this movement of the knife theintermittent movement is imparted to the rotary feed table 3 required toposition a candy; arcel directly upon the central portion 0 this cutpaper section and, of course, onto the recedmg support 21. Immediatelfollowing these noted actions, the parce dep plunger 2728 commences itsdownw movement; and approximately at the time its yielding section isengaged with the said parcefithe downward movement of the support 21isbegun, so that the said plunger and receding-support continue theirdownward movements together with the candy Iglarcel againstdisplacement. une- 35 support 21-; reaches the limit of itsdownwardifmovenient, shown in Fig. 15, the plunger-27-28 isretnrnedupward to normal position butthe-sup ort 21 is held downward while thetransfer e 'de 75 and the tucker slide m s-removed over the same andback tt'i'noi'mal position, after which the sai 80. port 21 is returnedto normal position. e movement of the slide 79 from the right toward theleft with respect to Figs. 4 and 15 is more rapid than that of the slide75 up to the time the said slide 79 reaches the extreme position shownin Fig. 15, but the said slide 75 continues its movement until itreaches the osition shown b dottedlines in F lg. 15. e movements 0 thesaid slides 75 and 79 to the position shown'in Fig. 15 forces the parcelz and wrapper 2 oil? from the support 21 and causesltheltucker blade 89to force one edge of the wrapper under the other of the said wra per-{wch latter edge is pressed backwar and folded over the under edge ortucked-in'edge of the wrapper by the yie ding folding blade 90, all asclearly shown in 15. Furthermore, the yielding blade 90 ho ds down thefolded edges of the wrapper, while the covered candy parcel is beindelivered by the slide 75 onto the up er end of the positioning plunger94. The s his 75, thepositioning or allmng blade 93, and the positioningplungers 94 and 95 will reach their extreme (positions on the parcelindicated by dot lines in Fig. 15 at the same time, so that by thesefour elements the candy parcel with the paper wrap or folded around thesame will be positions with the ends of the wrapper located between theopen fingers or jaws 104 of the two twisters. As soon as this is done,the fingers or jaws of the twisters are closed onto the ends of the wraper the twisters are rotated to twist the on s of the wrapper, inreverse directions, and the said twisters are given their endwisemovement toward the parcel, so as to prevent tearing of the wrapper, asthe wrapper is shortened bythe twistin action. The candy parcel andwrapper will e held by the four noted elements 75, 93, 94 and 95, whilethe ends of the per are being twisted in reverse directions; and theseelements, as well as the slide 79, will return to normal osi tionsimmediately after the twisting o the we per has been completed. Also, assoon as e twist' g of the Wrapper is completed,

' twisters open up t the fingers or aws of the and the twisters aremoved axially back to normal position with the said fingers or jawspositioned for action on the next wrapper. Approximately simultaneouswith the return 0 the twisters to normal position, the star wheels ore'ectors 143 are lven a one-fourth rotation w ich serves to '01: orforce the wrapped or completed parcel oil from the u per end of theplunger 94. The comp eted candy parcel thus discharged, may be caught inany suitable receptacle, or may be dro ped upon the fioor.

s already indicated, the u ward return movement of the sup ort 21 ta esplace immediately after the ides 75-79 have been returned to normalpositions. This return 105 or upward movement of said support 21 mayapproximately simultaneous with the movement of the feed rollers 47required to position the next section of the wrapper 2' over the uppersurface of said support 21 the feed rollers are in act1on on the paperstrip or web, the slack take-up roller 51, by the arms 52 and 53, ismoved m a direction away from the web and while the said feed rollersare idle it is moved in a direction 1 l5 toward the web, so that thecombined action oitlieffeed rollers and of the said slack takeup 'rolleris to always keep the roll of paper under motion and there y eliminatesuch strains that will be put upon the paper by 120 sudden starting andstopping of the drawing or feeding action on the aper roll.

As already indicated, tlie amount of paper that will be fed under eachoperation of the feed rollers may be varied as required for parcels ofdilierent size, by adjustments of the crank pin 56 in the groove of thewheel 57. The knife 67, that is, the cutting edge thereof, should belocated from the vertical axis of the positioned parcel s on the support130 21 a distance equal to one-half the length of the wrapper sectionwhich is fed onto the support 21 by the feed rollers. This is whatmakesdesirable the above described adjustable support or supporting block forthe said knife, and preferably also for the feed rollers.

The drawings of this a plication were;

made from a working mac e which has been put into actual use and foundhighly efiicient for the purposes had in view.

What we claim is: 1. In a machine of the kind described, the

combination with means for holding the pari eels and wrappers, of arotary twister, and 5 means for moving said rotary twister toward theparcel after it has engaged the wrapper, said means involving anadjustable device for varyin the amount of axial movement which will egiven to said twister in a direction toward and from the arcel.

2. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with a recedingparcel support and an overlying parcel depressingi plunger, of means formoving the dparcel an wrap or laterally from said rece ing support, w enthe latter is depressed, cooperatmg positioning devices for holding theparcel and wrapper thus removed from said on port m a stationaryposition at one side 0 said receding support, and means for twistin theends of the wrapper while the said parce is thus held in a stationaryosition.

3. In amachine of the kind described, the

combination with a receding parcel support I and an overlying parceldepressing plunger, of a reciprocating slide for moving the parcel andwrap er from said receding support, when the atter is depressed, devicescooperat' with said slide to tuck the wrapper aroun the parcel while itis being moved by said slide, means for holding said parcel and wrap erin a stationary position at one side of said receding support, and meansfor twisting the en of the wrapper while the said parcel is thus held ina SEiL-I-lOIlXIT position at one side. of said recedin sup ortz" 4. In amachine of the kind escri ed, the combination with two pairs ofreversely movable parcel and wrapper positioning devices arranged tomove on intersecting lines, of means for simultaneously moving the saidparcel positioning device toward and into engagement with the parcel andwrapper,'and

means for twisting the ends of the wrapper while held by said parcelpositioning device.

5. In a machine of the kind described, the combination withreverselv-movahle horizontal and reversely-movable vertical parcel andwra per positioning devices, of means for simu taneously moving the saidPOSlllOlh ing devices toward and into engagement with said parcel andwra )per, and means for twisting the ends of t is wrapper while held bysaid positioning devices.

6. In a machine of the kind described, the

combination with a receding parcel support and an overlying verticallymovable. yielding j parcel depressing plunger, of a transfer slide '1operative .to remove the parcel and wrapper from said receding supportwhen the latter is 1 depressed, parcel positioning devices cooperatingwith the transfer slide to hold the parcal and wra per at one side ofsaid parcel support, an twisters operative on the ends 1 of said wrapperto twist the same. 7. In a machine of the kind described, thecombination with a receding parcel support and a rotary feed tablearranged to deliver the parcels and wrappers onto the same, of a ivertically movable parcel depressing plunger overlying said recedingsupport and having downward movement approximately simultaneoustherewith, a parcel transfer slide arranged to move the parcel andwrapper oil from said support when the latter is depressed, means fortucking the wrapper around said parcel while they are being thustransferred, and means for twisting the ends of the wrapper around thetransferred parcel. 8. The combination with reversely-acting parcel andwrap or positioning elements and means for simul i-aneously moving thesame toward and into engagement with said parcel and wrapper, oftwisteis o erative to twist the ends of said wrapper w ile held by saidpositioning elements, and an intermittentlyacting arm-equi ped parcelejecting wheel operative to disc arge the wrapped parcel.

9. in a machine of the kind descr bed, the combination with a parceltransfer-slide and cooperating parcel ositioning devices, of means fortuck 1e wrapper around said parcel while it i s fieing moved b saidtranser slide, comprisin'ga yielding olding blade under which the parceland wrapper are passed, and a second slide having a tucking ladearranged to work under said foldmg blade, the said latter slide havingmovement app roximatelv coincident with but of less ex tent than saidtransfer slide. 10. Inamachine of the kind described, the combinationwith a receding parcel support and an overlying parcel depressingplunger having downward movement approximately i coincident therewith,of a parcel transfer slide operative to transfer the parcel and lWrapper from said receding support while the latter is depressed,devices cooperating with i said transfer slide to position and hold theI transferred parcel and wrapper, and means 3 for tucking the wrapperaround said parcel I while it is being moved by said transfer slide,said means comprising a yielding folding l blade under which the parceland wrapper 1 are passed, and a second slidehaving a tucking lade, thesaid latter slidchuving a movement approximately sinmltaneous with butof less extent than the said transfer slide.

11. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with means forholding the parcel and wrapper, of a pair of iprev-equipped twisters forgripping the ends 0 the wrapper, means for rotating said twisters, andmeans for moving said twisters toward the parcel after they have rippedthe ends of the wrapper, the said utter noted means being adjustable tovary the extent of endwise travel of said twisters.

12. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with means forholding the pareels and wrappers, of a pair of jaw-equipped twisters forgripp' the ends of the wra per, means for sunu taneously rotating saidtwist-ere, and means for moving said twisters toward the parcel afterthey have gripped 15 In testimony whereof we aflix our signa- 20 turesin presence of two witnesses.

MAXIMILIAN E. BUHSE. WALTER W. BUHSE. HENRY L. BUHSE. ALEXANDER F.BUHSE. Witnesses:

HARRY D. KILGORE, F. D. MERCHANT.

